National Republican., 1887-03-02
A Tempest in "a Teapot.

The great crater Of Mauna Loa is again
throwing rivers of fire from its mouth,
which, flowing into the placid waters of the
Pacific ocean, produce a terrific outburst.
The rock ribbed earth seems to be shaken to
its foundations where the great Alps tower
over the Riviera, and toppling houses de-
stroy hundreds Of the peaceful deuizens.
But these are as nothing to the tempest
that RACES in the District of Columbia.
No earthquake has shaken its solid foun-
dations, no rivers of lava are making the
Potomac seethug caldron, but President
Cleveland has nominated another "nIgger"
10 berecorder of deeds, and our city contem.
poraries are belching forth rivers of fire. and
the rumblings which proceed from them
indicate seismic outbreak that will over
throw the Washington monument, crumble
the capitol In ruins, and make the memorial
bridge unnecessary by drying up thu Po-
tomGc river.
Elsewhere In the REPUBLICAN, this morn
ing we give place to those vivid outp1 our
ings, having cautioned the pressman to see
that the paper is wetter than usual to pre-
vent accidents by fire.
The Post, having probably copy Of some
work containing the political platform
adopted at Chicago, does not accuse the
President of having violated party plat
forms and personal pledges, but the star
and the critic, being non-political papers,
and probably without that class Of political
literature, both apply caustic plasters to
President Cleveland as vlolator Of his
party platform and his personal pledges.
Cur evening contemporaries should make
come additions to their already valuable
libraries before indulgiug in these auath ema
maranatha for uncommitted sins.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN assumes no
responsibility for the Democratic platform,
but merely states fact when it says there
is no word in it about the local offices OF
the District of Columbia. 1t is true that
there is plank in that curiously con-
structed and unique piece Of workmanship
which says the local Offices in "the terri
tories" should be given to bona fde citizens
thereof.
But the District Of Columbia is not a
territory in the sense in which that word is
used either in law or platform making,
which fact should be known TO our con-
temporaries.
This few square miles OF earth, known as
the "Dlstrict Of Columbla,n occupies an
anomalous position. Holding the capitol
with the chief executive, legislative, aud
judicial Offices, OF a nation founded upon
the right OF the people to govern them.
selves, It's people have no voice in their own
government-they are the political parlahs
OF nation Of voters.
Then again, the people OF this country
own one-half of all the property in the
District, and, as they ought to do, pay one
half the expenses of its government, which
would seem to give them some rights
within Its limits. These are facts which all
Of our contemporaries seem to forget.
Hence these tears.
President Cleveland has nominated a
man, the fore part Of whose name at least
Is illustrously Democratic, fumes Monroe
1yOttp, TO be recorder Of deeds for the
District Of Columbia,
This man is guilty Of two great crimes,
in the eyes OF our contemporaries is a
negro and citizen Of Massachusetts,
which OF them 1t Is that so effectually
damns him in the estimation of our cou.
tempsrares it Is difficult to discover from
their writings, though the former appears
most to anger the star, the latter the
critic, while both equally excite the anger
Of the Post.
There is proyerb about gratultous ad.